GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc

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    GHSA-pw39-f3m5-cxfc

    Published: 29 Mar 2024Last Modified: 27 May 2025

    Summary: Elasticsearch Uncaught Exception leading to crash

    Details: An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23449, https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/a59180459a3cb30b71399d778943cab4ac2191c4, https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/f9bf18a716613473fc1cb96c838874e1f9f6ba22, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-11-1-security-update-esa-2024-05/356458, https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 8.4.0
    Fixed -8.11.1

    Affected versions

    8.10.0
    8.10.1
    8.10.2
    8.10.3
    8.10.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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